[stephen f. polyak]

Thank you Brian. What a stark picture! Interesting that the names were recorded; we can thank the American journalists for that. I wonder the same thing about the airmen's fate. I hope they survived, but it’s doubtful. It was only 1941, and they were obviously already in bad shape (from crash/bailout and/or mistreatment) -- the odds of getting out alive in the long run weren't good. Sad to think this may have been the last time they were "seen" outside of Russia. Perhaps, at least, the photo reached the German missing persons authorities and, in turn, the men’s families . . .